Mountain ecosystems and global change

We study biodiversity all biological levels and spatial and temporal scales, with a special focus on mountain ecosystems and the impact of global change. We investigate the mechanisms of diversification of populations and species using genetic and phenotypic data, and community variability along elevational gradients, using long series and inventories of biodiversity data, both in the Cantabrian Mountains and in other European or extra-European mountain regions. We also study the conservation of mountain ecosystems and the mechanisms that condition the stability of their ecological communities. Our main aim is to understand global change impact across scales, levels of biological organization and taxa.